Serves: 3
Preparation time: 30 mins + 1 hour (inactive)
Cooking time: 30 mins
Ingredients needed to make Crab and Cheese Wontons:
- 1 package crabmeat
- 2 packages cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups all purpose flour, plus extra if necessary
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup cup water
- 3 scallions, minced
- 1 bottle peanut oil
- ½ tsp salt
Cooking instructions for Crab and Cheese Wontons:
- To make the wonton wrappers, stir the measured salt into flour and set aside.
- Crack an egg into a small bowl and beat it along with ¼ cup water until they blend into a pale, yellow mixture.
- Drizzle it into the seasoned flour and add splashes of water, while kneading it into the mixture until they form a smooth dough.
- Knead it further for several minutes to make it more pliant and roll it into a tight ball.
- Transfer it into a large, lightly-greased bowl and wrap it up with a moist kitchen towel.
- Let it stand for an hour and them split it into quarters.
- Place one of it onto a floured counter and flatten it out, using floured rolling pin, into very papery-thin rectangle; dust it with flour from time to time to ease out the process.
- Slice the dough sheet into 3’’ squares and set them aside, covered with a moist towel, until rest of the dough is used up to make the remaining wrappers.
- To make the filling, chop the crabmeat into very fine bits and toss them into a bowl.
- Sprinkle the minced scallions into it and spoon in the soft cream cheese.
- Stir them all together until mixed thoroughly and spoon a heaping tbsp of it into the middle of one wonton wrapper.
- Paint few drops of water along the edges and fold each side halfway through the filling.
- Pinch the open ends of either ends together to seal and set aside until rest of the wonton wrappers are stuffed.
- Empty the entire bottle of peanut oil into a deep-fryer and heat it over moderately high flame.
- Lower the wontons into it, 2 at a time, and deep-fry until they turn golden brown.
- Drain them out onto a plate lined with paper towels to get rid of excess oil.
- Set aside until cool enough to handle.
- Serve warm alongside your favorite Asian dipping sauce.
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